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# זַעֲוָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2189

**a trembling** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

a trembling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2189/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זְוָעָה: n.f. trembling object of trembling, terror [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2189/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** and, by transpos., זַעֲוָה (Di Dt 28:25 cf. Sta§ 192 a) n.f. a trembling, i.e. object of trembling, terror: זְוָעָה Is 28:19, also Kt Je 15:4 + 4 times; זַעֲוָה Dt 28:25 Ez 23:46 (also Qr Je 15:4 + 4 times);—object of trembling, terror, fright; וְהָיִיתָ לְזַעֲוָה Dt 28:25 and thou shalt become a terror to all (לְכֹל) the kingdoms of the earth; וּנְתַתִּים לְז׳ וגו׳ Je 15:4; 29:18; 34:17 (‖ לְאָלָה וּלְשַׁמָּה וְלִשְׁרֵקָה וּלְחֶרְפָּה), also וּנְתַתִּים לְז׳ וגו׳ 24:9 (‖ לְחֶרְפָּה וּלְמָשָׁל לִשְׁנִינָה וְלִקְלָלָה), Ez 23:46 2 Ch 29:8.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a terror (6); terror (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 23:46](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.46/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.46/#tree)

כִּ֛י כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הַעֲלֵ֤ה עֲלֵיהֶם֙ קָהָ֔ל וְנָתֹ֥ן אֶתְהֶ֖ן לְזַעֲוָ֥ה וְלָבַֽז׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh bring.up on them a.company and make them into a.terror and to spoil

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the Lord GOD: An assembly shall be brought up against them, and they shall be made a horror and a spoil.

[Jeremiah 15:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.4/#tree)

וּנְתַתִּ֣ים לְזַֽעֲוָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ בִּ֠גְלַל מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה בֶן־יְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה עַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I will.make.them into a.terror for all the.kingdoms of the.earth on account of.Manasseh the.son of.Hezekiah the.king of.Judah on \[that\].which he.did in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And I will cause them to be a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2189/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).